Category: Software Category

March 1, 2024

JetBrains has released Compose Multiplatform 1.6.0, an upgrade to the company’s declarative UI framework that introduces a UI testing API and improves the common resources API. Compose Multiplatform allows developers to build UIs for Android, iOS, desktop, and web from […]

February 29, 2024

Stack Overflow, the popular question-and-answer portal for developers, has partnered with Google’s cloud computing arm to develop an API that will give Google’s Gemini AI model access to Stack Overflow’s knowledge base. Dubbed the Overflow API, the new offering will […]

February 28, 2024

Nearly three-quarters of codebases assessed for risk by Synopsis in 2023 contained open source components with high-risk vulnerabilities, according to a just-released report from the company, a provider of application security testing tools. While the number of codebases with at […]

February 28, 2024

On Monday, Microsoft announced plans to offer AI models from Mistral through its Azure cloud computing platform, which came in conjunction with a 15 million euro non-equity investment in the French firm, which is often seen as a European rival […]

February 28, 2024

The Deno team recently released Deno 1.40. Deno 1.40 implements upcoming JavaScript’s Temporal API for advanced date and time operations; and the latest JavaScript’s decorator proposal for meta- and aspect-oriented programming. The Temporal API addresses shortcomings in JavaScript’s Date object. […]

February 26, 2024

TypeScript 5.4, a planned update to the strongly typed JavaScript variant from Microsoft, has graduated to the release candidate stage. New capabilities in version 5.4 include preserved narrowing within function closures created after the last assignment and a NoInfer type […]

February 26, 2024

This week’s Java roundup for February 19th, 2024 features news highlighting: JDK 22 in release candidate 2, the February 2024 edition of the Payara Platform, numerous milestone and point releases in the Spring ecosystem, multiple releases of Apache Tomcat and […]

February 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a buzzword to a crucial tool in software development and testing, marking a transformative shift in the industry. As someone closely involved in this field, I have observed AI’s role in enhancing various development […]

February 22, 2024

Java’s virtual threads, introduced in JDK 21 in September 2023 to make it easier to write and maintain concurrent applications, has suffered from a “pinning” issue that arises with synchronized methods or synchronized statements. Oracle detailed the virtual thread pinning […]

February 21, 2024

The Information has learned that Microsoft is developing a new network card that could improve the performance of its Maia AI server chip. As an added bonus, it would further Microsoft’s goal of reducing its dependence on Nvidia as the […]

February 21, 2024

Google has unveiled Gemma, a family of open models designed to assist developers and researchers enganged in responsible AI development. Google said the Gemma models were created from the same research and technology used to create its Gemini models. Described […]

February 20, 2024

Ngrok, provider of an ingress service that delivers traffic from developer platforms to the internet, has unveiled an API gateway-as-a-service, which is now available in an early access developer preview. Ngrok’s API gateway enables developers to use the global ngrok […]

February 20, 2024

According to reports from Edge users, the icon appeared after updating Edge to version 121.0.2277.128, and can be seen in the top-right corner of the screen, just below the Close (x) box. It is only visible when all Sidebar settings, […]

February 19, 2024

JEP 466, Class-File API (Second Preview), has been promoted from its JEP Draft 8324965 to Candidate status. This JEP proposes a second round of preview to obtain feedback from the previous round of preview: JEP 457, Class-File API (Preview), to […]

February 19, 2024

Last week, Microsoft revealed the availability of the .NET Aspire – third preview. Preview 3 brings changes including UI improvements to the dashboard, and new component support for Azure OpenAI, Kafka, Oracle, MySQL, CosmosDB & Orleans, and many more. The […]

February 16, 2024

Earlier this week, Peloton said that it would drop support for Apple’s GymKit feature that syncs data to the Health app. Customers were unhappy with the decision and complained to the company, leading Peloton to announce a change in plans. […]

February 16, 2024

Microsoft has fixed a problem that resulted in tabs from Google Chrome being imported to Microsoft Edge without user consent, as spotted by The Verge. Microsoft has kept mum on the situation, making the issued update the first time Microsoft […]

February 15, 2024

Only a week after releasing its latest generative artificial intelligence (genAI) model, Google on Thursday unveiled that model’s successor, Gemini 1.5. The company boasts that the new version bests the earlier version on almost every front. Gemini 1.5 is a […]

February 15, 2024

A few months after officially launching .NET 8, Microsoft is now preparing for the next generation of its open-source development platform. .NET 9, scheduled to arrive in November 2024, will be shaped by a “vision” focused on two main development […]

February 15, 2024

Classes, structs, and records are fundamental concepts in C# programming. Each is a different kind of type, with different features, capabilities, and limitations. To make matters more confusing, they have features and characteristics in common. Classes are reference types that […]